1949 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Toronto: Hap Day Detroit: Tommy Ivan | ||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Toronto: Ted Kennedy Detroit: Sid Abel | ||||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 8–16, 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Cal Gardner (19:45, second) | ||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Maple Leafs: Max Bentley (1966) Turk Broda (1967) Ted Kennedy (1966) Harry Watson (1994) Red Wings: Sid Abel (1969) Gordie Howe (1972) Red Kelly (1969) Ted Lindsay (1966) Harry Lumley (1980) Bud Poile (1990, builder) Bill Quackenbush (1976) Jack Stewart (1964) Coaches: Hap Day (1961, player) Tommy Ivan (1974) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs, the second straight Finals series between Detroit and Toronto. The Maple Leafs won the series in four straight games to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup and eighth in the history of the franchise.
Detroit defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 to advance to the Finals. Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 4–1 to advance to the Finals.
The Maple Leafs became the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in three straight seasons. The Leafs also won nine straight Finals games (beating Montreal in game six of the 1947 Finals, plus consecutive sweeps of the Wings in 1948 and this year). By defeating Detroit, Toronto won the Stanley Cup with a losing regular-season record. The only other team to win the Stanley Cup after finishing the regular season with a losing record was the Chicago Black Hawks, who qualified for the 1938 playoffs with a losing record and ultimately beat Toronto in the Cup Finals three games to one.[ citation needed ]
April 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | ||
Max Bentley (3) - 13:15 | First period | 4:15 - pp - George Gee (1) | ||||||
Jimmy Thomson (1) - pp - 16:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:56 - Bill Quackenbush (1) | ||||||
Joe Klukay (2) - 17:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Sid Smith (3) - pp - 8:50 Sid Smith (4) - pp - 9:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Sid Smith (5) - pp - 17:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 5:50 - Pete Horeck (1) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 13 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Jack Stewart (1) - 4:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Bill Ezinicki (1) - 11:02 Ted Kennedy (2) - 12:40 Gus Mortson (2) - 16:18 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Ted Lindsay (2) - 2:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 10:10 - pp - Ray Timgren (3) 19:45 - Cal Gardner (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:10 - Max Bentley (4) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
Toronto won series 4–0 | |
The 1949 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.
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